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> Edit: why disagree? Because I don't think a resume submission system should be doing OCR. There aren't that many text formats out there: between Word, PDF, a
by hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
> Edit: why disagree?
Because I don't think a resume submission system should be doing OCR. There aren't that many text formats out there: between Word, PDF, and some form of plain text (just actual plain text or something like markdown or readme), that probably covers 99% of resume formats. Why on Earth would I want to run resumes through OCR when all those other formats can easily have their text extracted?
- Tao3300 3y agoEven if I'm sending it in PDF, I at least want it to be such that in case the document I've uploaded does wind up on some HR mook's plate, they can actually select, copy, and paste text from it.
- giantg2 3y agoThat's fine if the system discloses to the users that it must be in a text format.
- Gud 3y agoWhen you submit a text document, the text should actually be text. This is the most basic step. I would not want to hire a designer who sends text as an image.
- giantg2 3y agoPDFs are not necessarily text documents. That's why it's important for the system to specify if it's expecting text, or use OCR.
- Gud 3y agoNo, but text is text. It is perhaps easier for the designer of the document to just put some text from photoshop rather than tweak the document, but it’s absolutely user hostile.